SOLUTION: The central hall of school is 18 m long and 12.5 m wide.A carpet is to be laid on the floor leaving a strip of 50 cm wide near the wall, uncovered. Find the area of the carpet and
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Question 1070480: The central hall of school is 18 m long and 12.5 m wide.A carpet is to be laid on the floor leaving a strip of 50 cm wide near the wall, uncovered. Find the area of the carpet and also the uncovered portion .
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The carpet runs the full length of the hall, and the walls are both along the length.
Carpet area:
Floor area:
Uncovered area:
(Keep you algebra skills in use to compute this.)
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